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C-BRTA urges safe and alert transport of people and goods during Easter holidays

31st March 2026

By: Schalk Burger

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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State-owned permitting agency the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) urges cross-border road transport operators to remain alert while transporting passengers and goods across borders during the Easter period.

The C-BRTA also intends to increase the deployment of its law enforcement unit – the Road Transport Inspectorate (RTI) – along major corridors to border posts to match the expected increase in freight and passenger vehicle traffic volumes, as well as to enforce compliance with road rules.

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy launched the 2026 Easter Season Road Safety Campaign on March 20 and called on the C-BRTA to increase its law enforcement activities and for the RTI to increase its visibility along all major corridors that lead to border posts.

“The C-BRTA must intensify monitoring and enforcement along key corridors to ensure full compliance with permit conditions, regulatory requirements and overloading of freight and passenger vehicles.

“We will also prioritise vehicle roadworthiness and fatigue management, and clamp down decisively on illegal operations and non-compliance,” Creecy said.

Under the theme 'It Begins With Me', government appeals to all motorists and pedestrians to take road safety seriously during this period and beyond. All road users must observe the rules of the road to reduce road accidents and save lives.

The C-BRTA must be visible on all major corridors to ensure safer movements of passengers and goods across borders, C-BRTA CEO Lwazi Mboyi said.

“It is our collective responsibility as law enforcement authorities, motorists and road users to ensure accident-free roads during the Easter period and beyond. We have deployed our RTI and heightened our law enforcement operations and related activities on all major routes in the country to ensure compliance,” he said.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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